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You can become good at writing!

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:40:46 +0000

To create a successful workshop business of helping people to write their memoir, you must become adept with the memoir genre itself. You must learn to write better memoir yourself. Being a good fiction writer or a poet or an essayist is not enough. You must have read many memoirs and have written in the […]

Giving the Memoir Workshop Structure. Winging It Doesn’t Work

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 11:00:19 +0000

The Curriculum Manual focuses on the memoir workshop structure. “Winging it” has a certain value at times, but structure always leads to faster learning. (more…)

My Love Story with Memoir Writing: How I Started to Teach Memoir Workshops

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:00:10 +0000

I was asked to read from my autobiographical fiction to a group of foster grandparents. It was to prove how I started to teach memoir workshops. (more…)

Leading a Conference Workshop as a Guest Presenter

Madeline Sharples — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Participating in writing conferences, either as a panelist, lecturer, or as a workshop leader is a great way to get your name and book out in public and to network with other writers like you—especially when you are leading a conference workshop. Being a presenter comes with tasks, but the challenge is not impossible. I’d […]

Launching Your Memoir Teaching – 6 Steps To More Success

Denis Ledoux — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:04:18 +0000

Many memoir writers secretly, or not so secretly, want to help other people to write their memoirs. Sometimes they do this informally with a friend or two, and at other times, they get a bit more organized and offer a class at a library or other institution. One thing is certain, launching your memoir teaching […]

Teaching Memoir Writing – 3 Tips For Making Your Vision Real

Denis Ledoux — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:04:43 +0000

Teaching Memoir Writing – Your Vision Can Become Real Writing a vision statement can be stimulating for you as a teacher. Your memoir writing company’s vision statement is a personal reminder you make to yourself about how the work you are planning will sustain you emotionally and make you into a better person. A vision […]